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karinaalvarez06,

Basically, estrogen changes how your saliva looks under a microscope. Below is the product that you can purchase:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S2O1CI/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00

When you see a ferning pattern, that is the time you are ovulating (or around there). It's kind of like the opks.

Another option is a fertility monitor which looks like a watch. They are more expensive - around 100. You wear it on your wrist and it analyzes secretions from your skin (something to do with ions or salinity I dunno) and it tells you when to BD.

Also you can try the soy isoflavones, which can help you ovulate. You can also try taking mucinex or robitussin with the Guaifenesin in it because apparently it helps make your CM more viable (helps it be more of the watery or eggwhite CM). Those are just some options.

Wow, you have lots of info. Thanks so much. I am going to look into all of those items. I need all the tools I can use. Good luck to you and lots of .

karinaalvarez06,

I am obsessed with getting a BFP. And I do way too much research and have way too much free time!!

This is my 2nd cycle for TTC #1. the 17th is 10 dpo for me. =)

Awesome!! I thought I did a lot of research but I just found someone that seems to do more... You! Lol
I hope u get a BFP! Keep us posted

6 dpo today. Woke up with mild/dull/pressure cramps on my left side near the ovary with a slight pulling sensation around my naval towards the left. Fingers crossed!

Hi all!!

I am new on here! Last AF was May 20th.... AF this month is on the 17th.... I swear I just "feel pregnant"...

-tingling abdomen
-Nausea
-peeing more frequently
-EXHAUSTED!!!!!
-sore bb's
-funny metallic taste in my mouth
-strong urine odor

I tested yesterday and got BFN... SO FRUSTRATING!! I am on a mission to wait until Sunday and see if AF shows up before I try again, but it is SOOOO hard and I am impatient!!!

My story for TTC#1...

First month on CTP, and also using FF.com, but technically 3rd month TTC'ing.

I would have failed 4th grade Sex Ed though, and do not really count the first two months of trying because I really had no idea what I should be doing other than BD'ing.

I have always tracked my AF timing in an iPhone app, but never too accurately. For instance, I'd forget to track my start date until a week later and then had to go off memory. Or, I was tracking when I started spotting as CD1 and have since learned CD1 is your first day of red flow. Another misunderstanding that I had was that I (or everyone) always ovulated on CD14. Additionally, I was on BCPs for 15+ years, having gone off in February 2012, so my cycles were more regular (27-28 days) and I wrongly assumed they would always be off BCP.

So, in April, our 1st month of TTC, we BD'd only one time during my fertile week, CD14, believing that was all that was needed (I had also heard of the Shettle method and believed BD'ing only on day of O would up our chances for a boy. AF visited that month, obviously.

In May, I realized I should BD every other day that week, no longer caring about the sex, leaving that up to G-d. Only, that month's cycle was only 24 days, which means I may have started BD'ing well after O, if I O'd at all. I've never had anything shorter than 27 days.

So, I decided to educate myself and read everything. This is the 1st month of TTC'ing where I feel knowledgeable about what I'm doing. Not knowing if my problem was not O'ing at all since I wasn't tracking ovulation, or low progesterone causing a short LP, I decided to try supplements for both, as well, chart BBT, OPKs, BD every other (wasn't exactly successful), and use Pre-Seed.

Now, I'm 5DPO, and the only real difference I'm noting with my body is increased CM after O. But, I'm wondering if this is just a normal increased discharge caused by my body wanting to clean out the Pre-Seed. Anyone else using this?

If my cycle returns to a 27-day cycle, I expect to test for a hopeful BFP on 6/21/2012.

Increase CM at 5dpo is probably not a pregnancy symptom because the blastocyst hasn't even implanted yet.

That being said, at 5dpo, I had a ton of CM... like globs of white stuff (and no it wasn't a yeast infection). It was crazy. I was so wet down there!

I also am noticing increased cervical mucus. I'm about 8-9 days past ovulation (i think) and have noticed the increase in the last 3 days. And I've also been feeling pressure and pulling and pinching more in the last 2 days. What would cause the increase in CM again?

Hello ladies, I have a question for you!
I am TTC #3 and on 9dpo (Yesterday) lost all sense of reason - poas (Predictor UK) and to my absolute shock it came up with a BFP (well actually it was very very faint but pink).
I have been having all the tell tale signs of pregnancy (sore nipples, sensitive swollen 'baby zone' exhaustion increased CM 7dpo onwards etc) and when that second line came up I ran to tell DH.
(I have even posted a pic of it on the hpt gallery)
HOWEVER Since then, I have had BFNs on three tests (am 10dpo today) and FRER 6 days sooner came up with BFN this morning with FMU :(
I have read that Predictor UK can give false positives - a lady even private messaged me to say she had a false negative (blood work was checked same day and NO PREGNANCY) just last week from one.
Totally wobbling in my confidence now....so desperate for this to be it and for it not to be all in my head (AGAIN)
What do you think??

Much Love and Baby Dust xxxXXXxxx